Sofa-bed



2 Sheets--Sheet 1. W. J. SHAW.

(No Model.)

SOFA BED.

Patent-ed Oct. 6, 1885.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2. W. J. SHAW.

SOFA BED.

(No' Model.)

No. 327,605 Patented 0%. 6, 1885.

UNITED Srarns PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. SHAW, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOFA-BED.

.ivP IF A forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,605, dated October 6, 1885.

Application filed May 9, 1864. Serial No. 130,838. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM J. SHAW, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sofa-Beds, of which the following, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical crosssection taken near the center and through the seat and back, from front to rear, of a sofz bed embodying my invention, showing the same when folded or closed for use as a sofa. Fig. 2 is a like representation of the same unfolded or open for use as a bed. Fig. 3 is an end view of the folded or closed frame. Fig. 4c is a rear view of the sofa-bed. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section in the plane of the line a" w of Fig. 4, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow there shown, or taken above the unfolded or open seat, and showing only the upper or hind portion of the parts; and Fig. 6 is a section in the plane of the line y y of Fig. 5, viewed in the direction indicated by the arrow there shown.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

A is the main frame or support.

B is a fixed or rigid back piece, in the front of which is a recess, a, for receiving an upholstered folding mattress, a, made in connected sections by preference, and preferably connected at its upper end to the part B.

O is an upholstered frame, hinged at its lower edge to the lower part of the back piece, B.

D is a woven-wire fabric attached to the back of the frame 0. The part 0 serves as a sofa-back when folded or arranged vertically, and also covers the mattress in the recess a. It also serves as a part of the support for the mattress a when the parts are arranged to serve as a bed, as will hereinafter more fully appear. The fabric D and folded mattress a enable me to use very light upholstering on the frame (J, and the sofa-back is rendered soft and comfortable for use, while the upholstering serves to present a neat and finished appearance. The wire fabric also renders the unfolded back sufficiently strong for use as a part of the bed and givespliability to that part.

E is the seat-frame, which I make in folding sections 2) and b, the former of which sections slides horizontally or back and forth in ways 0 0, attached to the frame A, and the latter of which sections is hinged to the front edge of the section b, so as to be capable of being folded upon that section, or arranged horizontally, as may be desired.

F is a folding foot-board hinged to the section I), and d d are folding legs.

G is a woven-wire fabric on the seat-sections. I upholster that side of the section b which is uppermost when the sections are arranged to serve as a seat.

II is a vertically-arranged crank turning in bearings in the back B.

H H are pulleys attached to the frame A.

I I are cords looped around the pulleys H H, and passing over the same side of the pulleys H H, respectively. The ends of each cord are attached to the crank H, and so arranged or wound thereon that the cords will both travel in the same direction when the said crank is turned in one direction, and so that the direction of travel will be reversed in both when the crank is turned in the opposite direction, as indicated in the drawings. The cords I I are attached to the inner corners of the frame E, as shown at e c.

J is a recess or receptacle for the bedding. When the crank H is turned in one direction, the frame E will be moved forward or out, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, and when the said crank is turned in the opposite direction the said frame will be returned to its original position.

To arrange the parts for use as a bed, I move out the seat-frame in the manner described, unfold the section I), raise the foot-board, unfold the legs, lay down the frame 0, and lay the mattress a on the wire fabric. I then take the pillows, sheets, and covers from the receptacle J and arrange them as usual.

To arrange the parts for use as a sofa, I remove the bcdding, fold up the frame O,and return the parts to their original position.

By this means I produce a neat and compact sofabed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sofa-bed in which are combined a main frame or support, a fixed or rigid back piece,

ICO

the crank H, and the cords II and their pulleys, all adapted and arranged for operation together, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my'own invention I have hereto affi-Xed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. SHAW.

Witnesses:

F. F. WARNER, GEORGE N. STONE. 

